DUNGARVAN: Ruff & Mediterranean
Gull at Killongford, 2 Mediterranean Gulls at Ballyneety. Also, a colour-marked
Black-tailed Godwit seen here today had been ringed as an adult male at the Tagus Estuary, Portugal on 22.02.07 , and
was also seen at the Medway Estuary, Kent, SE England on 1 & 4.04.07.

RAM HEAD: Total of 76 large Kittiwake chicks (some very close to fledging) at
study plots that held 154 occupied nests in early June - estimated productivity of 0.49 fledglings per nest, down from
0.7 in 2006.

Note: Sightings listed here are
reports, not necessarily authenticated records. * = species for which the Irish Rare Birds Committee currently requires substantiating descriptions or photographs. Records are regularly updated, and older records
added or amended where necessary . Many thanks to observers who
provided records above - any further records (current or older) would be appreciated.

Please email any sightings, or
text details of scarcer species to 0861701599; to report sightings of rarities to the national Birds of Ireland News Service(BINS), phone 01-8307364.